About the Magazine In the
fall of 1984, the first issue of Serb World U.S.A.appeared in Tucson,
Arizona, after the new company purchased the original Serb World.
Today Serb World U.S.A.is a striking 64 pages of black-and-white
design with one bright color used as accent. It is printed on fine paper
and averages 3 illustrations per page. The majority of the photographs
are rare—from private collections or archives. Every article is extensively
researched.
The contributors are from all walks of life and from every conceivable
background. Over 4,000
paid subscribers regularly receive Serb World U.S.A.which reaches
over 20,000 readers in all 50 states and in Canada, Australia, Great Britain,
France, Switzerland, Germany, and Yugoslavia.Serb
World U.S.A.has been called "the best of its kind." It is not
a newsletter and not a newspaper. Neither is it a scholarly journal.
It can be casual and elegant, humorous and serious. The dozen articles
in each issue are anywhere from 1 to 15 pages in length. It is a magazine
for people who like to read. It is entertainment and good information.
Several professionals in the publishing field agree. Meinhart
Lagies of the Detroit Free Presssaid, "I'm far from being a Slav
but I enjoy everything about your magazine... what strikes me the most,
I suppose, is the professional way it is designed and edited. And I don't
mean 'professional for a small magazine,' I mean professional, period."
A publisher for forty years, George H. Seferovich, has called Serb World
U.S.A.a "...delightfully crafted magazine." American author Robert
St. John believes, "Your magazine is (should be) of interest to non-Serbs.
Very professional and very slick... "Serb
World U.S.A.is an independent business, a magazine published in English
about Serbs and their place in the world—past, present, and future. It
is cultural and historical. Some see it as "a link to present and future
generations." It is neither subsidized nor sponsored. The stories
and articles are published solely for the enjoyment of the readers, and
for twenty-two years, the magazine has relied only on subscription and
advertising revenue.Serb
World U.S.A.covers a wide variety of subjects from folk customs and
religious traditions to music, art, poetry, and history. There are also
stories about people, communities, and churches. There are articles about
the native lands of America's Serbs—Montenegro, Dalmatia, Hercegovina,
Bosnia, Lika, Kordun, Banija, Zumberak, Slavonia, Srem, Banat, Backa, and
Serbia. There are features about the Serbian connections to the famous
train, the Orient Express; the ever-popular operetta, the Merry Widow;
and the master of art nouveau, Alphonse Mucha. And that is just
the beginning.Serb
World U.S.A.is also the story of Serbs in America, the immigrants and
the emigres, and the contributions they and their descendants have made
to the New World in art, music, science, the media, sports, business, literature,
scholarship, industry, government, the military, and much, much more.

About the Staff Everyone
who works at Serb World U.S.A.loves a good story, especially one
about Serbs in America, but they have come to the magazine from varied
professions with unique perspectives. All share an enthusiasm not only
for their own work but also for each other's. Together they explore the
cultural world of Serbs and produce a magazine enjoyed by over 20,000 others. They can
scan materials in seven languages—English, French, German, Russian, Serbo-Croatian,
and Spanish. Most are American Serbs; some are not Serbs at all. Bowker's
Magazines
for Libraries(1989) noted Serb World U.S.A.'squality, variety,
and originality: 'It has maintained its editorial record as the best of
its kind... the well-illustrated pages can feature a piece on making 'Serbian
Spirits,' another way of talking about sljivovica. The dozen articles
move from heroes of the O.S.S. to all-American Serb, Bronco Kosanovich."

Mary Nicklanovich
Hart, Editor/Publisher (M.A. 1974, B.A. 1970, Phi
Beta Kappa) began editing
and publishing Serb World U.S.A.in 1984. Prior to that, she had
spent several years researching early South Slav immigration to the United
States, published a few journal articles, and was several times a featured
speaker on the subject. Her early works are based on primary documents
and oral history, and much of that focused on Serbs in the American West—Bisbee
and Globe in Arizona; Galveston, Texas; and White Pine County, Nevada. In the
magazine, she has turned to cultural topics which include an exploration
of the Sokolmovement, a description of The Slav Epicby Alphonse
Mucha, and the development of "An Alphabet for the Slavs," the story of
Cyrillic. In addition, she is the magazine's primary translator of works
from Serbo-Croatian into English for the occasional bi-lingual format. Among her
major translations are the 1992, original English version of Dr. Stojan
Lazarevic's History of the Belgrade Choral Society; numerous excerpts
from Dr. Jovan Cvijic's (1865-1927) studies of the Balkan Peninsula; and
English renderings of over 100 "Letters from Home" (1903-1945) contained
in the rare Kosich "Srbin iz Like"Collection.

George Kosich, Chief
Staff Writer joined
the magazine in 1984 just after he retired from a 30-year career as an
executive in the brewing industry. He is a native of Wisconsin and long-time
Milwaukee resident now living in Tucson. His over
60 feature articles are proof of his wide interest in American Serbs, especially
young professionals. He has interviewed artists, athletes, attorneys, judges,
and scientists from coast to coast. He also took an in-depth look at Maximilian's
Miramar and at cilimweaving in Old Serbia. However,
in the spring of 1985, he made history when he wrote "Mileva Marich of
Novi Sad," one of the first accounts in English to conclude that Mileva
Marich Einstein was a well-educated scientist in her own right. George
Kosich is the master of the short article—focused, sharp, and witty.

Michael D. Nicklanovich,
Feature Writer (M.S. 1966, B.S. 1964) is an extraordinary
writer at home with countless subjects. In addition to a book of poetry
and two science textbooks, he began writing for the magazine while he was
a professor of biology in Miami, Florida. He has since retired. His over
100 feature articles extend from a 5-part series on Serbia in World War
I to "Michael the Heavenly Warrior." Following the rivers and mountains,
he has explored the Balkan peninsula. Tracing the origins of foods and
herbs, he has discovered many secrets of the region. In 1988,
he brought the "Pirates of the Adriatic," the history of the Uskoks, and
the "Serbs of No Man's Land," the history of the Military Frontier, to
Serb
World U.S.A.readers. In 1990 and in 1993, he spotlighted American Serbs
who had won Pulitzers. The Montenegrin connections to the Merry Widowand
the Serbian route of the Orient Express were popular favorites as is his
series on America's steel mill towns.

Philip D. Hart,
Production Manager, Writer (M.A. 1975, B.A. 1970) is one
production manager who does everything from typesetting and design
to writing feature stories. His original layouts are masterful, an expert
selection of sharp images, the effective use of screens and color, and
the drawing of original maps. He is also
a professional historian and former museum administrator, and several of
his over 50 articles have found their way into bibliographies throughout
the country. He began with a ground-breaking series on the American Serbs
in the OSS. His article on Indiana Serb Matt Leach added an important chapter
to the John Dillinger saga, and his series on the changing maps of the
Balkans have included "Balkan Tightrope," "Flash Point," "Revolt in the
Pashalik," and the "Treacherous Road to Autonomy."

Milan Opacich, Music
Historian is an all-around
tamburitzamaster—a
performer, an instrument builder, a teacher, a historian, and a writer—a
man who makes both beautiful music and beautiful tamburitzas. Through
his fifty years of experience, research, and writing, he has documented
the contributions of countless musicians to the 100-year-old tamburitzatradition
in the New World. Over 100 of his articles have appeared in his regular
column, "Milan Opacich Presents," in
Serb World U.S.A. and in his
book Tamburitza America available through Black Mountain Publishers.

Mary Nicklanovich,
Recipe Specialist made her
first cake when she was just 8 years old, and her mother, Marta, gave her
free reign in the kitchen. That was over 70 years ago, and she has loved
cooking ever since. In fact, she married a chef, Andrew M. Nicklanovich,
and spent over forty years in the restaurant business. She knows Serbian
food, of course, but is just as at home with chili or apple pie. Over the
past 22 years, she has done what few great cooks would ever do: revealed
her favorite recipes and treasured secrets. Most of her Serbian dishes
were unwritten, taught to her by her mother and close friends. The recipes
she has published in Serb World U.S.A.are all authentic. Each was
prepared according to exact measurements and then photographed. They
are guaranteed, kitchen-tested, and comprise an extraordinary record of
the finest Serb cooking.

Barbara Malczewski,
Illustrator was a scientific
illustrator in her native Krakow, Poland. Since coming to America in the
early 1980’s, she has branched out into original oils, exhibit design—and
illustrating Serb World U.S.A.'s charming fairy tales. She draws
on research and her own knowledge of Slavic folklore, plus a love of the
fantastic, to bring the imaginary world of Serbian folk tales to life.

Holly Clark, Circulation
Manager (M. Ed. 1998, B. Ed. 1992) will receive
the orders from this website—after all, she designed it and circulation
is her specialty—renewals, new subscriptions and gifts, back issue orders,
special requests! After nearly 10 years in the classroom, the former teacher
has turned her extraordinary organizational skills to publishing.

Contributors and
AuthorsSerb
World U.S.A.has published articles from numerous sources.
Much has been reprinted from the classic works of Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic,
Jovan Cvijic, and others. The magazine
has been very fortunate to have attracted the interest of many contemporary
authors. Some, like William Jovanovich, need no introduction. Others are
known through their outstanding and highly original work published in Serb
World U.S.A. To the
contemporary authors is due much of the credit for Serb World U.S.A.'sexceptional
variety. They have chosen great subjects. Along with the staff, the contemporary
contributors have been telling the story of Serbs, one article at a time,
for twenty-three years, in over 130 issues.